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OSCAR VON HUNERSDORFF, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,146, dated May 31, 1892. Application filed March 16, 1892. Eerie-1N0. 425,175. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OSCAR VON HUNERS- DORFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to parlor-games.

The objectof my invention is to produce a game apparatus portraying a political elec tion in which severalpolitical parties having contesting candidates are represented.

It is also my object to produce a game apparatus adapted for three, six, nine, twelve, or fifteen persons, or if only two parties are to play then by two, four, and six persons, and so on, and therefore a game equally interesting to a small or greater number of players.

It is also my object to produce a game apparatus which shall distinguish by colors the different parties, the apparatus consisting of a geographical map having separate lines of travel distinguished by different colors, each line having a different starting-point, but terminating at a point common to all, pawns of different colors to match the said lines, and also numbered chips of corresponding colors to distinguish the different candidates, parties, and players, and rotation of play.

My invention is shown and described as representing the election of President of the United States, where there are three contestin g parties represented-win, the Republican, the Democratic, and the Prohibition.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view of the United States traced by three lines marked R, W, and B, said letters indicating the color of each lineviz.,red, white, and blueand to distinguish said lines more fully they are shown as follows: The red line is shown in diagonal shading and the blueline in longitudinal shading, the white line being in plain. There are three starting-points for these linesviz., the points marked New York, Philadelphia, and Des Moines and but one ending common to all-via, lVashington City, which is the goal and is indicated byastar. Said lines have numbered stations marked at different points, as shown, and also triangular spaces and arrows designatingcertain numbers.

Besides the map, thegame apparatus is shown in Figs. 2, 3. 4, and 5, Fig. 2 showing fifteen chips, five of each color and numbered, respectively, 1, 2, 3, gl, and 5; Fig 3, a die; Fig. 4, a number of black chips, and Fig. 5 three pawns colored, respectively, red, white,

and blue, as indicated by letters r, w, and b.

The game can be played by three, six, nine, twelve, or fifteen persons, (if only two parties want to play, by two, four, six, &c.) It is an amusing and exciting game, and to increase the interest, if played by more than eight persons, two prizes can be given to the players who contribute most to the success of the game. The parties are distinguished by the colors red, white, and blue. The Democratic party, for instance, is known by the red pawn and chips, and its pawn follows only the red line and starts at New York, and so for the other parties, the Republican taking the blue and using only the blue line and pawn and chips, starting from Philadelphia, and the Prohibition party using the White line, pawn, and chips, and starting from Des Moines.

The rules of the game are as follows:

First. Take as many chips as persons present and put them in a gentlemans hat or some other object. Then let each player take one chip without seeing itfor instance, if nine persons want to play, take Nos. 1 2 3 of each color; if twelve players, Nos. 1 2 34, and

so on.

Second. There are now three parties, the Democratic, (red,) the Republican, (blue,) and theProhibition party, (white) The player of each party who has drawn chip No.1 stands as the Candidate for his party and is supposed not to play for himself. His office will be to move the figures or pawns.

N. B.-It goes without saying that if the game is played by less than nine or eight perher thrown deciding which party begins to play, the next number succeeding.

Fourth. No. 2 of the commencing party then throws the die and the candidate (No. 1) moves the pawn to the corresponding number on the map, No.2 of the second party does the same, and so on.

Example: No. 2 of the Democratic party (red) throws six. The candidate will count from New York,as No. 1, following the red line to 6,and place the pawn on that number. When the turn of the Democratic party com es again, and the player (this time No. 3) throws four eyes, the candidate moves the pawn to 10, and so on.

Fifth, Any player who plays five (5) has to go back five numbers and receives as punishment for using a block of five a black chip.

N. B.Every time a player throws six he can return one of his black chips, except if his six brings him to one of the numbers marked in rule sixth.

Sixth. When the player of the Democratic party comes to 33A, 40A, 40B, and 44A, marked on a triangle, he has to go back to the number he comes from, and arriving there, again to the numberof this throw. For instance, if he is on 3O and throws four, that brings him to 33A, and therefore he has to go back to 30, and on arriving there to 26; also, if a player is on 38 and throws a five, which would bring him again to 33A, he has again to return to 5. For the other two parties the numbers on the triangle are: (a) for the Prohibition party (while) 27A 56A 56B 57A; (b) for the Republican party, (blue line,) 20A, 27A, 27B, and 34A. The above rules have to be applied to each of these numbers.

Seventh. The players whocome to the numbers 5O and 60 of each color-marked by an arrow have also to go back five numbers.

Eighth. Any player whose first throw in commencing the game is a five loses his throw and has to wait until his turn comes again.

Ninth. On arriving near the end (Washaward the two prizes set out to the players of his own party who have the least black chips and have therefore done the most forhis election.

Having shown and described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a game apparatus having a geographical map, the combination of thelines of travel in different colors, pawns or movable pieces in colors to match said lines, and numbered chips in corresponding colors to designate the badge of the party and rotation of players, substantially as and for the purposes shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR VON HUNERSDORFF.

Vitn esses:

CHARLES E. Lnx M. A. BOLAND. 

